BCCA Fall Trade Show

The South Central Indiana chapter The newly renamed IBC chapter of the Brewery Collectibles Club of America held their Fall Trade Show last Saturday in Indianapolis. 200 or so browsers shopped to complete their collection or just tried to make it through the day after a keg of Sun King bit the dust in the hospitality suite the night before.

IBC chapter Members

Lots to see so here's a slideshow

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People came from St. Louis through New York. The next Trade Show in Indiana will be the Hoosier Chapter BCCA Trade Show. Feb 26. 9am+ Free Admission. Quality Inn, Dixie Way North, South Bend.

Beer Can Collecting – Swap Meet

40 vendors and a couple of hundred people spent Saturday in Indianapolis shopping for old bottles, cans, beeriana, and even new current cans such as the Bud Light college-colors editions. People were here from Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, etc. If you're interested in collecting, be sure to see the Brewery Collectibles Club of America web site.

 

Misc News – Oct 6

We stopped in at Barley Island to compare the tap Dirty Helen Brown with their bottled version which won Gold at GABF. The two are from different batches but quite the same. The tapped pint was colder but after that was fixed there was little difference except the bottled beer has more carbonation giving it a slightly less malty and lighter character.

Upland's license for the 49th & College Indy location has been approved.

Elkhart’s sister city is Burton-upon-Trent. They make beer there.

Here's why beer is getting more expensive while other food and beverage prices drop. Reason 3: "At A-B the top 13 executives made $73 million in the first half of 2009, or $5.6 million each, on average -- up from $38 million a year before." (Which was a 79% increase from 2007).

Three coming from Left Hand. Fade to Black – Export Stout at 8% in 2-packs. Warrior IPA Fresh hopped Cascade, Warrior, and Goldings. 6.6% in 22oz bottles. Oak Aged Widdershins American Barley Wine aged in Heaven Hill brandy barrels at 8.8% next year.

This is a different take from Scotland: Top cop: Pubs safer than home drinking. You'll drink more at home and there's no CCTV to watch you.

Men's Journal tells us which are America’s 25 Best Beers.

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Meet Blake Montgomery of Tipton. His garage is insulated with beer bottles. Over the last 10 years he's saved one of each beer bottle he's opened.

Indiana Beer History – Time in a Bottle

Want to see more and meet Derrick? Come to the BCCA Trade Show Sat, Oct 10. 8am-Noon La Quinta Hotel, I465 & Emerson on Indy's south side.

"If I could save time in a bottle." - Jim Croce.

Meet Derrick Morris who does save time in many bottles. The times of Indiana's pre-prohibition beer barons – Cook, Muessel, Schellinger, Rettig, Reising, Raupfer. The times of the pre-WWII big breweries – Lafayette, Indianapolis, Kamm. The times of the mega-breweries and their downward slide out of state – Terre Haute, Drewrys, Sterling, Falstaff. Even the times of the Modern Era – Naptown, CircleV, Wildcat, South Bend, Duneland, Hops, Aberdeen, Oyster Bar, NineG.

Derrick has 20 years dedicated to collecting thousands of artifacts of Indiana Beer History. Not just those closed breweries, the open ones as well. We don't know the superlatives to use so just sit back and admire his all-Indiana bottles, cans, growlers, signs, banners, menus, press clippings, and more.

Derrick adds:

To everyone who ever had anything to do with the production and distribution of Indiana made beer, it has been a very exciting 20 years, watching the brewing industry grow. I have pleasant memories visiting microbreweries in the early years of development. I am thankful for the talents and generosity of the owners, brewers and the staff of all the breweries.  Today the Brewery Collectibles Club of America and the Brewers Guild have exploded in popularity and function. Now is the time they can make each other shine brighter. Local collectors are bound to their favorite brewpub beers and enjoyed participating at the Winterfest early this year. Continued group participation to such type events is beneficial to everyone.  This is all very exciting, I say wow, Thanks!
- Derrick Morris